Co 316 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

565

Not before (date)

527

Comment

C. Morrisson (Morrisson1988, p. 425, n. 10) identified this type as Italian; W. Hahn (MIBI) discussed it under Carthage; A. Bellinger (DOCI) marked it as “uncertain“.

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

AdelsonKustas1964, pp. 197, 205, nos. 393-397 (Z 4; Zacha hoard)

Comparanda

DOCI Justinian I 373, p. 193, pl. XLVIII

Comparanda

MIBI Justinianus 210, pp. 71-72, 127, pl. 32

Preservation comment

Wear: VF. Chipped and snapped edge; moderately pitted and gouged faces.

Published as

Hohlfelder1973, p. 96, no. 37, pl. 18

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 68, no. 1061 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justinian, Uncertain, Nummus“)

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

Nummus

Numismatic Authority

Justinian I (527-565)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

10.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.62

Obverse Description

Facing bust of emperor, wearing plumed helmet, diadem and cuirass, holding globus cruciger in right hand; within dotted(?) border

Obverse Inscription

[D N IVSTINIA]NVS P P A[V?] (letters are small and blobby)

Reverse Description

Cross potent with letters hanging from side arms; within thick wreath

Reverse Inscription

To left and right as though hanging from arm of cross, Κ(?, blundered Ⲱ?) - Λ (or Α?)

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Christian Cross (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph